PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Whether planning a start-up or just being a strategic employee who receives stock options, this online lecture series deals with what you need to know to succeed. It discusses the practical and legal issues that you will deal with every day in taking a great idea from the lab and creating (or working for) a successful high-impact, venture-backable biotech or hi-tech company. Attendees are provided with online lectures and readings to enable them to identify the major issues in organizing a business venture around intellectual property, including employment agreements, stock options, angel and venture capital, IPOs and tech transfer from university/government labs. This lecture series is appropriate for attendees who have started a new company, intend to start one, or are (or plan to be) in a senior management position such as CIO, CTO, CSO, COO, CEO or strategic employee with stock options. Leading angels, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, consultants and government officials are invited to guest lecture throughout the lecture series.

The series is primarily intended for researchers, post-docs, grad students, and startup entrepreneurs. Tech transfer offices employees, faculty, staff, services providers, non profit and government employees are also welcome to attend.

National University Startups Competition 08:

The online series is a complement to the National University Startups Competition 08, where over 100 VCs and angels from around the country will select the top 10 University Startups for 2008 with awards to be presented at our annual University Startups Conference October 2-3 in Washington, D.C. The National Competition will give valuable information and feedback to universities and startup entrepreneurs on creating high-impact startups that can actually be funded by the venture and angel communities. To be eligible for the National University Startups Competition 08, startups need to be entered on the University Startups List '08. See The University Startups List.